Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Topics of orientation training shall include
all of the following:
1. Supervising and tracking
all children, as specified in 3A:52-4.3(a);
2. Understanding center operations, policies and
procedures, as specified in 3A:52-4.5(b)3;
3. Implementing group size limits and primary
caregiver responsibilities, as applicable, as specified in 3A:52-4.4;
4. Recognizing and reporting child abuse or
neglect, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.9;
5. Evacuating the center and using the fire
alarms, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(l);
6. Implementing the center's release policy, as
specified in 3A:52-6.5;
7. Implementing
the center's statement of policy on the disciplining of children, as specified in
N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6;
8. Implementing
health practices, including medication administration and responding to symptoms of
illness, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1 through 7.11;
9. Implementing safe sleep practices to prevent
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome;
10.
Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma;
11. Recognizing and responding to injuries and
emergencies, including the prevention of and response to emergencies due to
food-related allergies and other allergic reactions; and
12. Including children with special needs in the
center's program.
(b)
Orientation training as specified in (a) above may be included for six of the
required hours of staff development specified in (c) and (d) below.
(c) The center shall ensure that all staff members
who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each
year.
(d) In lieu of the child care
staff development specified in (b) above, the director, head teacher(s), group
teacher(s), and program supervisor(s) shall each complete 20 hours of staff
development each year. Recommended topics of training for these staff include:
1. Educational and physical activity;
2. Special needs programming and program
development;
3. Social-emotional and
behavioral development for young children;
4. Legal issues, including ADA guidelines;
and
5. Leadership and
advocacy.
(e) Directors shall
complete staff development in understanding licensing regulations as provided by the
Office of Licensing within 90 days of hire. Such staff development may be included
in the required 20 hours of staff development specified in (d) above.
(f) The staff development specified in (a) through
(d) above shall:
1. Be clock hours of staff
development;
2. Be related to the ages
of the children served by each staff member;
3. Be provided either by the center or by another
source such as a college or university, community or professional organization,
professional consultant, State agency, or an instructor approved by the Instructor
Approval System of Professional Impact of New Jersey; and
4. Be presented by persons with relevant
expertise. The staff development may include materials approved by the center, such
as printed materials, television broadcasts, audio-visual materials, or
websites.
(g) The center
shall maintain on file documentation of the date, time, topic, presenter and
attendance for all staff development and orientation completed by center staff
members.
1. For staff development provided by the
center, the center shall maintain on file documentation or a copy of all staff
development materials used.
2. For staff
development provided by another source, the center shall maintain on file
documentation of the name of the person or organization that provided the staff
development.
3. The center shall record
each staff member's completion of staff development and orientation on the Staff
Records Checklist, as specified in 3A:52-4.1(b).
